[Alnitaka]

It seems that Richmond, Virginia is having problems trying to find a name for its new AA baseball team, coming next year. A contest was held recently and five finalists were named: Flatheads, Flying Squirrels, Hambones, Rock Hoppers, and Rhinos. This met with a huge negative reception (i.e., "Boo!!"). People favor more names like Ravens, Rapids, Bears, and Blues. But each of these has been taken up (drilled?) and probably trademarked by another sports team somewhere else. I call these name tyrants. They have taken up all of the sweet names for a ball team, and now only sour ones are left, like the five I've mentioned. CNBC has chimed in with a wild card name to be selected today. But still, there aren't many names left, unless you want to consider longer and longer ones. Yay, Faustian Avian Middle-aged Mutant Ninja Tortoises!! We have hit Peak Baseball Team Names, and from here on out, the supply of names is going to dwindle.

[SeaGypsy]

Best laugh in a few days!

Reminded me of teenage gang talk in Australia:

Who the Phuch are we?

We're the Phuck are we boys!

Yeah! The Phuckarwe Boys! Yeah!!!

[pup55]

(sigh)

I suppose that the former capital of the Confederacy can no longer name their team the "Rebels" because the population is now more than 50 percent descendants of slaves.....

[Alnitaka]

Yesterday CNBC came in with their name. I was hoping for something at least better than the first five. What did they come up with? Hush puppies. That's what. Yay, Richmond Hush Puppies!! If CNBC's goal was to avoid other team names and avoid trademarks, they failed. Hush Puppies is a trademark of the company who makes shoes of that name.